7 Sinopec companies included in the public list of outstanding smart factory projects

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This post was last edited by Zhi Zi Ming on 2025-1-13 at 17:13. To implement the \"Action Plan for the Digital Transformation of the Manufacturing Sector,\" in October 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Data Administration jointly launched the 2024 initiative for the gradual development of smart factories. This initiative involves fostering smart factories at four different levels: basic, advanced, excellent, and leading. It aims to promote the construction of smart factories in a systematic and large-scale manner. Smart factories at the excellent level should be at the forefront of their industry in terms of integrating production and operation data, implementing intelligent control over manufacturing equipment, optimizing production processes online, comprehensively optimizing the entire product lifecycle and supply chain, applying intelligent solutions across various scenarios, and achieving high performance in key technical and economic indicators. Such factories will help to create a safe, reliable, and well-structured intelligent manufacturing system with a high standard of service, thereby strengthening the digital and networked foundation of China’s manufacturing sector and driving intelligent transformation. In the next phase, smart factories at the excellent level are encouraged to make use of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence to further develop future manufacturing models, moving towards the status of leading smart factories. Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the list of \"Excellence-Level Smart Factory Projects\" (a total of 235 projects), among which 7 projects from Chinese petrochemical companies were selected. These are: Tianjin Petrochemical’s smart factory based on digital twins; Yangzi Petrochemical’s smart factory utilizing 5G dedicated networks; Jiujiang Petrochemical’s smart factory for integrated optimization across the entire petrochemical process; Sinopec’s smart refining factory featuring integrated management of safety, energy, and the environment; Guangzhou Petrochemical’s smart refining factory with multi-dimensional sensing for coordinated management; Beihai Petrochemical’s smart factory for integrated control of the entire petrochemical process; and Zhenhai Petrochemical’s smart refining factory that makes extensive use of AI throughout its operations. The image below shows a smart inspection robot carrying out routine inspections at the ethylene plant of Yangzi Petrochemical